Improvement in cigars



. and the like.

UNITED STATES PATENT FrIeE.

mrnovrmzn r m. CIGARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,635, datedSeptember 1, 1874; application filed 7 August 19,1874. j i

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, URI BEHREND, of Washington, in the county ofWashington and District of Columbia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in the Treatment of Tobacco for the Manufacture ofCigars, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvementsin thetreatment and preparation of tobacco to be manufactured into cigars, orotherwise prepared for smoking, by combining with the same variousmedicinal agents, as hereinafter dos ril l, by means of which t will ifcan shbifl eeeinc i the treatment ot various throat disensgs and nervousdisordi7--'f ,The medicinal agents ,which I" employ in the treatment oftobacco are cuhcbs, lobelia, gum'beimoilnalul belladonna. The cubebs,lobelia, and benzoin are particularly applicable to all throat diseases,such as asthma, bronchitis, eatarrh, &c., and the belladonna to nervousdisorders, such as nervous headache I employ the mannacured tobaccoready to be manufiietured into cigars, or prepared for smoking,and'saturate, commingle, or othorwise combine it with eubebs, lobelia,and benzoin. The tobacco maybe previously denicotized, if desired; but Iprefer, general] y,

to use it in its natural state. When properly combined with the abovementioned sub-- stances, and formed into cigars, or otherwise preparedfor smoking, it forms a sure and re-' liable cure for the throatdiseases above mentioncd. In case the tobacco is intended to be used forthe treatment of nervous head- I ache, as well as'throat diseases, Iemploy belladonna in addition tothc cubebs, lobelia, and, benzoin. i l

In carrying out my invention I take the natural lont'of the tobacco, orsuch lcat' after being denieotized by any of the known methods,,andthoroughly incorporate with it the cubebs,lobelia, and benzoin. This maybe done by employing said substances in the shape of powder, sprinklingor dusting the same over the leaves before. they are rolled up intocigars or the extracts or tinctures of said substances may be used, thetobacco being saturated with the same and then dried. These substancesmay be, applied separately in succession, or may be combined and appliedas may be desired. Thebelladonua, to be employed when the tobacco is tobe used for'various disorders, is applied in the smile inaunor as theother ingredients. 1

The proportion of the various ingredients ma y be considerably varied,according to the diiierent afl'ections to be treated. The cubebs andlobelia may be employed in the proportion of from ten to thirty grainsto each ounce of tobacco. The belladonna, however, should rarely be usedin proportion exceeding onehalfa grain to the ounce of tobacco,j whilethe benzoiu can be used in almost any desired proportion.

The tobacco thus prepared may be formed into cigars, or cut up andprepared for smoking in pipes, &c.

What I claim is-- The within-described mode of treating tobacco for themanufacture of medicated cigars, the same consisting in sul' jecting thetobacco to the action of a union of cubebs, lobelia, and bonzoin,substantially in the manner herein shown anddescribe-d. for the purposespecified In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing, I have hereunto setmy hand.

U. BEllRENl).

\Vitnesses:

' JAMES L. Nonms,

Jos. L. Goons-s.

